The Mysteries of Egypt

attracted invaders. Among the stories of ....... there are accounts of battles and outsiders who try to conquer the kingdom of the pharaohs. The invading empire became more powerful, even more determined and so gradually, inevitably, the kingdom of Egypt began to crumble. But how can a place as powerful as Egypt just collapse? Actually many things happened. But mostly it was the weakening of the pharaoh's power through civil turmoil, making Egypt vulnerable to invaders. Little by little, much of the pharaoh's empire along with its secrets was reclaimed by the desert. But even as the monuments of Egypt crumbled, the stories are redis- covered by modern archeologists deciphering the distant pasts. Scholars and artists are preserving the great sphinx for all humanity. Research within the Gizeh pyramid has revealed the brilliance of the ancient architects. Sophisti- cated designs prevented the collapse of inner chambers
and passageways. DNA analysis is helping to identify family ties of the royal mummies and give us clues how they lived and died. New excavations are uncovering the support system of settlements and facilities for the workers who built the Gizeh pyramids. These new discoveries and many more led them- selves at least in part to one discovery, not quite as modern of the tomb of the teenage pharaoh. On November 26th , 1922, Howard Carter reached the wall outside the chamber of Tutanchamon 's tomb. What can you see? Carter, please, can you see anything..Yes... wonderful things. Wonderful things ....And they were wonderful things , kept hidden for over three thousand years. Four chambers, carved from solid rock, they entered to find the only intact tomb ever discovered
in modern times. And in the burial chamber.

1. How did the empire collapse?2. What is found inside the Gizeh pyramid?3. What did Howard Carter discover?